Category: Music
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Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – History of Coachella
Follow playlist at… Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – History of Coachella 1999 – Two Days, October 9th & 10th 1999, Tickets were $50 per day Headliners – Beck, Rage Against The Machine, Tool Our Pick: Rage Against the Machine, Killing In The Name Fun Fact: The festival’s origins trace back to a 1993 concert that Pearl […]
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Intimate Concerts in the Age of CoronaVirus
As we approach month three of social distancing in the wake of a global pandemic, many question the future of music festivals and large concerts. Is this the beginning of the radicalization of more intimate shows? I don’t exactly know the answer to this question, but personally, I would hope so. In the age […]
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Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Music Used In Iconic Film Scenes
Follow playlist at… Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Music Used in Iconic Film Scenes 1. Sweet Emotion (Aerosmith, 1975) – Dazed & Confused, (1993) This movie was directed by Richard Linklater. Sweet Emotion was used in the intro scene as the 1970 Pontiac GTO pulls in slow motion on the last day of school in […]
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Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Women Who Can “Really” Sing
Follow playlist at… Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Women Who Can Sing (Really) 1. Karen Dalton – Little Bit of Rain, First Track (1969) Although Dalton didn’t write her own songs, Fred Neil actually writing this one, she did do her own adaptions of them. Dalton quickly became entrenched in the Greenwich Village folk musical scene […]
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Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Our Favorite One Hit Wonders
Follow playlist at… Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Our Favorite One Hit Wonders 1. Mickey – Toni basil, Word of Mouth (1981) The original lyric in the chorus was Kitty instead of Mickey and recorded by a group called Racey. While it’s a one hit wonder for Basil, the songwriters have other hits with […]
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Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Awesome Soundtracks for Questionable Films
Listen along to the Playlist Awesome Soundtracks for Questionable Films Notes from Awesome Soundtracks for Questionable Films 1. My Best Friend’s Girl – The Cars, Over The Edge (1979) Over the Edge is an American coming of age crime drama directed by Jonathan Kaplan and released in May 1979. The film, based on actual events, had a limited theatrical […]
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Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Roadtrip Edition
Follow playlist at… Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Roadtrip Edition 1. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – Proclaimers, (1988) This song didn’t become a hit in the US until 1993, when used in Benny & Joon. It was used after the director heard the song being played on his personal stereo by Mary Ann Waterston. […]
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Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Songs of Isolation During Shelter In Place Order
Follow playlist at… Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtape – Shelter in Place 1. Yesterday – Beatles, Help Studio Album, (1965) “Yesterday” is one of the most recorded songs in the history of popular music. Its entry in Guinness World Records states that, by January 1986, 1,600 cover versions had already been made. The song took a while to […]
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Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Guilty Pleasures – Part 2
Follow playlist at… Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtape – Guilty Pleasures Side B OUTLINE NOTES 1. Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up, Whenever You Need Somebody (1987) Time to get Rick Rolled. The internet craze originated in 2007 when various websites, including an online anti-Scientology group and a Radiohead site, posted links that resembled […]
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Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Guilty Pleasures Part 1
Follow Playlist at Vinyl Junkies Making Mixtapes – Guilty Pleasures Outline / Notes Guilty Pleasures Mixtape Side A 1. Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby, Hooked – To The Extreme, 1989 When it was originally released as a single it was actual the “B” side, but a DJ in Georgia played the wrong side and […]
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